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IN MY OWN WORDS
John Rossi
I think what gives me blanket validity in the arts world is my lifelong pattern of reacting to what is around me…in a free creative way…without barriers. This means I think – without thinking about it much. The stimuli trumping the too commonly restraintive brain in other words.
Maybe this is why ‘barriers’ are a common theme in my visual work?
I just have never cared much to belabor activity – or maybe cared is not the word…maybe I’m just lazy and go the creative route of least resistance? While initially studying art history…often common threads on non-correlating works or artists caught my eye.
Paul Klee seemed to sum up everything for me…to make a long story short…his work was effortless in its execution and playfulness – while aesthetically being brilliant – almost every time.
Vermeer’s use of color and clarity and control…knowing when to stop…the richness and darkness – in one….subdued joy.
Carravaggio – the use of chiarascurro…
Mondrian…compositional awareness…
Lascaux…what you saw is what it is…no more – no less.
Overall body language translation…that is the beauty of simply translating what we don’t instantly see – until it’s revealed….Cezanne did this…and Van Gogh and Warhol….
Plus…
The use of red….
The use of surprise…
The use of obvious energy…
Or – as is over said today….just do it.
I was never on a mission – still am not…my list of creative artists I respect is long….
So indulge me for a moment here…
